Yearly Archives: 2008

NEW YORK – Bloomsbury Auctions presents for auction an eclectic selection of vintage and modern posters representing a pictorial narrative of the 20th century Bloomsbury Auctions New York is proud to announce for sale a spectacular collection of 282 posters nostalgically capturing the evolving zeitgeist of the 20th century in print. The [Read More]

NEW YORK – On November 11, 2008 Bloomsbury New York will host an extraordinary Natural History sale, featuring material from The Trust of Lynn Abbott and other private collections. The sale is the first special themed sale in New York dedicated solely to Natural History in over a decade. A cornucopia for [Read More]

(Natchez, Miss.) – A complete and authentic vampire killing kit – made around 1800 and complete with stakes, mirrors, a gun with silver bullets, crosses, a Bible, holy water, candles and even garlic, all housed in a handsome American walnut case with a carved cross on top – hammered for $14,850 at [Read More]

Neatly placed in fine rose-wood book cases in the personal office library at the cottage-style medical offices of Dr. Gerald I. Sugarman was a select group of rare books on medicine, science and related subjects, the product of decades of collecting. Rare works on midwifery and obstetrics from the 16th century; early [Read More]

A stunning milk white marble bust of Ranjit Singh sculpted in India around 1900 estimated to sell for £50,000 to £70,000 at Bonhams Indian and Islamic Sale fetched £110,400, sold to a bidder in the room. This great Emperor of the Sikhs built an empire which stretched almost from the Indian Ocean [Read More]

BOSTON, Mass – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of Asian Works of Art on Saturday, October 18th at 11:00 a.m. in its Boston gallery. Featured are stellar collections of prints, pottery, jades, ivories and bronzes representative of the [Read More]

(Chicago, Ill.) – A pair of fine and large Just Andersen candlesticks lit up the room for $15,600 at a 20th Century Art & Design Auction held Sept. 14 by Treadway-Toomey Auctions, based in Cincinnati. The sale was conducted at the John Toomey Gallery in Oak Park, Ill. The candlesticks were among [Read More]

Kaminski’s celebrates its second year in California with an important auction on Sunday, October 26, 2008. The auction takes place at the Pasadena Elks Lodge, 400 West Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, with bidding commencing at 11:00am. Auction preview periods are Friday, October 24 from 3:00-6:00pm; Saturday, October 25 from 10:00am-5:00pm; and prior to [Read More]

FORT WORTH, TX, – One of the world’s largest mining and earthmoving machines – a Demag HD800 crawler bucket-wheel excavator – will be sold to the highest bidder, regardless of price, at an upcoming unreserved public auction in Fort Worth, Texas. The machine is taller than a six-storey building and is capable [Read More]

HONG KONG – Christie’s has announced it will offer a selection of Chinese Contemporary Art from the collection of famed director Oliver Stone. Five high calibre works with a combined value in the region of HK$40 million (US$5.1million) will be offered in the Evening and Day Sales of Asian Contemporary Art this [Read More]

LONDON – Sotheby’s will follow its record-breaking series of Contemporary Art sales in recent years with its October Contemporary Art sale, to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair. Following the stunning success of the Beautiful Inside My Head Forever sale of Damien Hirst’s work, Sotheby’s will offer a selection of top contemporary [Read More]

Proceeds from Roberts Items to Benefit the University of Maryland Hospital for Children BALTIMORE – Ironclad Legends Auction II- the second of a new series of high-end online auctions by Ironclad Auctions commencing October 24th and running through November 13th – will feature Baltimore Orioles All-Star Brian Roberts’s game-used and signed jersey, [Read More]

(Orlando, FL.) – Dozens of important works of art by renowned 20th-century masters such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Marc Chagall will be offered at auction on Saturday, Nov. 8, by Baterbys Art Auction Gallery. The sale will be conducted live and online. Watch the Baterbys website for further details, at [Read More]

LARCHMONT, NY – On Monday, October 13, 2008 at 6:00 pm, Clarke will offer 40 Old Master paintings fresh from a Scarsdale estate; Spanish Colonial art and sculpture from an operatic estate; 18th and 19th century furniture from various estates; fine modern art and midcentury modern from a Stamford collector. This sale [Read More]

Murray & Co Auctionners are auctioneers to the government, The high court and other courts, Public and private enterprises, Insurance ompanies, Banks and nidhi companies, Industrial Disposal Auctions, Auctions of Furniture and Auctions, Insurance Company auctionee.This department handles the valuation and sale of plant & machinery, vehicles, unclaimed/unclear air & surface transport [Read More]

HONG KONG – Sotheby’s sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings, held on its third day of sales in its autumn 2008 series at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, brought HK$71,625,748 (US$9,165,947), far exceeding its high estimate (est. HK$35.1-48.5 million / US$4.5-6.2 million). The sale, which included works by [Read More]

Bloomsbury in New York is proud to offer an exceptional selection of Russian books, letters, manuscripts, periodicals, photographs, prints, posters, drawings and paintings from the early 20th century. The collection reflects both the Silver Age and Soviet period with important art and literature that somehow survived those repressive regimes. The evolution of [Read More]

An incredibly rare and beautiful pink diamond ring has been sold at Bonhams & Goodman for $444,000 (including buyers’ premium), smashing its presale estimate of $265,000-295,000 and setting a new Australian auction record for a pink diamond. With final bidding between an unidentified telephone bidder and a woman in the room, there [Read More]